In this episode, David is joined by Dr. Catherine Norton.
Catherine is a performance nutritionist and registered dietitian and currently works full-time at the University of Limerick, Human Research Institute. She teaches on the BSc & MSc courses there, as well as researching in both, food for health, and performance nutrition.
Catherine is a graduate of DIT / TCD (Human Nutrition & Dietetics) and UL (PhD Nutrition), and an accredited Sport & Exercise Nutritionist (SENr High Performance).
Catherine spent three seasons as full-time lead performance nutritionist to Munster Rugby and has also consulted with a wide range of sports disciplines at national, international and Olympic levels. She previously held the Lead Performance Nutritionist role with the swimmers at the High-Performance Centre in UL and with Rowing Ireland. Dr. Norton has also provided nutrition support to both junior and senior athletes with Athletics Ireland, Triathlon Ireland, Inter-County GAA and AIL rugby clubs.
Dr Norton's research interests investigate optimising nutrition for athletic training and competition, with a particular emphasis on peri-training nutrition (PTN). She is also involved in research considering appropriate protein intakes (quantity, quality and timing) for the prevention of age related losses in both muscle (sarcopaenia) and bone (osteopaenia).
Full show-notes: www.synapseperformance.ie/podcasts/episode66
In this episode, David is joined by Jim Elli.
Jim is a coach with Reactive Training Systems which works with powerlifters from a variety of abilities, including world champions.
Jim also teaches the practical nutrition course for RTS and manages social media for the company.
In this episode David & Jim discuss:
- The role of carbohydrates for the powerlifter
- Rates of fat loss for powerlifters
- Acute weight cutting for competition
- Supplementation for powerlifters
- Pragmatism in coaching
Show notes can be found at: www.synapseperformance.ie/podcasts/episode65
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In this episode, David is joined by Pascal Flor. Pascal is a full-time coach with the online coaching service Revive Stronger with fellow coaches Steve Hall & Migeul Blacutt.
Pascal is former competitive powerlifter but now solely focuses on natural bodybuilding.
Pascal works with a range of powerlifters & physique athletes and in this episode he shares his insights into the world of female physique sports.
Show notes: www.synapseperformance.ie/podcasts/episode64
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In this episode, David is joined by Alan Flanagan.
Alan is currently completing his MSc. in nutritional medicine at the University of Surrey, where his dissertation is examining the eating patterns of NHS nurses. Alan’s research interests lie primarily in the areas of circadian rhythms and their influence on health and performance. Alan is a regular contributing author to biolayne.com and strives to increase awareness and application of the role of nutrition in conjunction with modern medical science.